Noun

(en noun)

(logic) The negation in logic.

A refusal to comply with a request.

An assertion of untruth.

Refusal to believe a problem exists

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}

(dated, psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.

* 2007 Feb. 11, " No facts, just emotion," Washington Times (retrieved 11 June 2013):

"Denial " came out of the therapyspeak prevalent in the middle of the 20th century, especially as it was applied to confronting the reality of mortality. It was popularized as the first stage of grief, and quickly expanded to include refusal to confront any bad news or disturbing ideas.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of sending someone away.

(senseid)Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.

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A written or spoken statement of such an act.

Release from confinement; liberation.

Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.

(legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.

(cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.